When it connects each home to the network, Ting has looked at installing the ONT either outside or inside the home.
In the neighborhoods it has targeted for buildouts, Ting will pass every home with fiber and only connect a home when they order service.
“We have deployed enough capacity to hook up anybody in a neighborhood, but we don’t build a drop to your house until you sign up for service,” Eisner said. “We build an underground drop to the side of your home and put the ONT inside.”
An Optical Network Terminal (ONT) is the hardware that is necessary for provisioning of FTTU Triple Play services (Voice, video and Data) at customer premises. Nayatel offers following 3 models of Alcatel ONT (Optical Network Terminal) for establishing Fiber-To-The-User (FTTU) connection at customer premises.